16) Jukes chats up the Ryanair steward (it's a PC world - no "-ess" there)

17) The first round of Irish Guinness. Someone moans about the size of the kitty

18) Tommo asks for a lager

19 ) New members prove to be life and soul of the party

20) Bangs nearly misses the tour bus

21) Jukes on the ... no, we've done that

22) Bob complains about the Euro:Dollar exchange rate and threatens to invade County Kerry

The story so far:

The Morris Men of Little Egypt have enjoyed another fine trip to the Republic of Ireland

What follows purports to be a photographic record of the trip, with a few words thrown in, until someone tells me different: - somehow, a dishevelled hat, an empty lager glass and unfinished stout sums it all up ...

The Ryanair check in desk at Stansted Airport had seen nothing like it

Claiming to be pilgrims to the Knock Shrine, strangely garbed men arrived in a feeble attempt to bribe the agents to upgrade them to Cockpit Class

Only when reinforcemets, in the shape of the MMLE SAS, turned up, did the will power of Erin's finest begin to waver.

"Close your eyes and think of bacon and cabbage" became the universal cry of the tour.

Once safely in the luxuriously-appointed arrivals lounge at Cork, the men began to relax visibly

Even though Sir Jukes was already finding it hard to remember his mother's name, despite the support of other members..

Eventually, other supporters felt they had to do more to help Dave.Trevor's contribution was that he was pretty sure it wasn't "Ringobells"

But Mark and Martin seemed more worried that Sebastian Dangerfireld had arrived surprisingly early

Neville thought it best to wait until they were safely in a bar before he began to get acquainted with the locals in his own inimitable way, my dear.

While Bill wondered desperately if he could help Dave out of his fix

The search for Dave's Mother's Name continued early next day, when it was decided to invoke the help of the spirits of the standing stones

Bangs, Bob and John (New, new, new, new, new, of that ilk) used the ancient incantation - "Is this a standing stone, or are you just pleased to see me ..."

The only result was to summon up a demonic sprite of dubious origin

That is, until someone recognised George doing his "I'm a silly sundial" act.Unfortunately, he couldn't remember Dave's Mother's Name, either.

Tommo and Bill decided they liked this game, and went to get their own gnomons

But Tommo realised just in time he needed four rather than three.

The search went on

We even enlisted the Time Team to explore an underground cairn to see if Dave had left anything there

Doods was convinced it was a waste of time and that his mother's name was much nicer anyway

But he was still happy to stand there and offer advice.

Meanwhile Bob thought it would be nice to pose as a Panda

While Bill was happy to display his talents at Sacrificial Flower Arrangement, on any flat stone that happened to be around

Crawford enjoyed helping Bob with the Panda game

Bill, on the other hand, then decided to practise peanut-eating in the style of Squire Neville

Tommo can never wander far from his mobile phone. Sometimes he even practises using it with nothing in his hand.

Such are his improvisational talents

Neville was unabashed at demonstrating the use of two broomsticks to give an approximate measure of vital parts of his anatomy.

Eventually, all other thoughts were put to one side, and the Morris Men of Little Egypt got down to doing what they had always intended doing:"Ring of Bells"

Trevor probably danced this one.Dave had still not remembered his mother's name.

It was decided that other "alternative" methods should be employed. Divining with new hazel wands was tried.

They managed to locate some water, and Bangs detected something up Nev's nose - but Dave's quest was unrequited.It always is.

The search for Dave's Mother's Name was renewed with even greater intensity. Mark Corby had the idea of enlisting the help of the Irish Navy

Hazel and Martin were less convinced. After all, the next woman Jukes met would be able to tell him his mother's name.They always do.

George wasn't so sure either. After all, a life on the ocean wave often isn't that much fun.